Melissa Burch

Melissa Burch
Executive General Manager - DevelopmentLendlease

In her new role with Lend Lease, Melissa will lead and grow the company's development business in the New York market, pursue and identify development opportunities and large-scale urban regeneration projects throughout the greater metropolitan area, as well as support the development efforts nationally.

Prior to joining Lend Lease, Ms. Burch served as Executive Vice President for Forest City Ratner Companies where she had overall responsibility for commercial and residential development. In this role, she oversaw the development of the Atlantic Yards project, a public/private partnership development extending 22 acres and comprised of the Barclays Center and 8M SF of new rental and condominium housing, office, retail space, and eight acres of public open space. In addition, Melissa spearheaded various projects throughout the New York City region and supervised the on-going leasing of Forest City Ratner's office and residential operating portfolios.

Ms. Burch received her BA in Government from Harvard and her MBA from the Harvard Business School. She serves on the Boards of the Henry Street Settlement, Coro New York Leadership Center and the Citizen's Budget Commission. In 2013 she was named by Crain's Magazine as one of New York's "40 Under 40" Rising Stars.